Saturday, November 28, 2015

A battle of two of the best in the AFC takes place on Sunday night as the New England Patriots face the Denver Broncos. Early on it appeared this could be a matchup of two unbeaten teams, but the Broncos dropped games to Indianapolis on the road and Kansas City before quarterback Peyton Manning was mercifully benched. With third year quarterback Brock Osweiler behind center last week, the Broncos managed to put up 17 points against a bad Chicago Bears defense to eke out the two point victory. The Patriots having been depleted due to injuries and having problems scoring make this matchup much closer than it appeared it would be a few weeks ago. The Denver defense is strong and tops in the league in fewest yards, fewest passing yards, fewest passing touchdowns, and second fewest yards per rushing attempt.